AAT Qualified Accountant - Accounts & Tax Assistant Opportunity

About the company

Reed Practice have been engaged by a well-known chartered accountancy firm and consultancy to recruit an Accounts and Tax Assistant for one of their thriving offices in Norfolk.

Your tasks

This position is crucial to the team and would be ideal for a motivated and ambitious individual from the profession who has completed the AAT and keen to further a career in practice, to work towards managing your own client portfolio and achieve Chartered or Certified status.

The role of Accounts and Tax Assistant will include – but not limited to:

• Preparing year-end accounts, VAT returns, management accounts and tax returns.
• Reconciling bookkeeping and accounts
• Trusted to work independently on site at clients’ premises to undertake bookkeeping, VAT returns preparation and associated accounting tasks, and develop sound relationships with key employees.
• Training and mentoring less experienced team members

Requirements

To maintain the continued high calibre of service and reputation our client is looking for the following skills and attributes:

• AAT level 4 qualified with experience in an accountancy practice – these are essential, only those with these will be considered.
• A reasonable working knowledge of CaseWare, Sage, QuickBooks and/or Xero, training will be provided

On a personal basis you will have a natural desire to excel in your role, able to create relationships with people at all levels, a keen team player whilst trustworthy enough to work on your own. As an experienced Accounts Assistant, you will have a strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy, excellent time management and organisation skills.

What we offer

Benefits available are too long to list!! They are very employee-focused and the salary on offer is highly competitive and will reflect your experience and calibre. Contact Natalie Harden direct at Reed to have an initial conversation and receive the full job description or, if out of hours, apply on line.